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What makes a good gamer? A recent comment by developers Free Radical Design (Timesplitters) in the gaming press about older gamers having better reflexes than younger ones made me pause for thought: "Do they"? I wondered. What makes a good gamer?
Do you need intelligence to play RPG's or just a sense of adventure?
Do you need lightning reflexes to play an FPS or just an itchy trigger finger?
Do you need good peripheral vision and foresight to succeed where others have failed in a platformer?
Above all, I think experience counts. I've been playing games for 20 odd years and can whip my 8 yr old nephew at any game. But then he IS only 8. Still, it's the winning that counts. Maybe that's what makes a good gamer, the determination to succeed, the will to win, the "We shall never be defeated!" attitude that got William Wallace drawn and quartered. (But then he never had the PC version.)
So, my question stands: what, in your view, makes a good gamer?
Do you need intelligence to play RPG's or just a sense of adventure?
Do you need lightning reflexes to play an FPS or just an itchy trigger finger?
Do you need good peripheral vision and foresight to succeed where others have failed in a platformer?
Above all, I think experience counts. I've been playing games for 20 odd years and can whip my 8 yr old nephew at any game. But then he IS only 8. Still, it's the winning that counts. Maybe that's what makes a good gamer, the determination to succeed, the will to win, the "We shall never be defeated!" attitude that got William Wallace drawn and quartered. (But then he never had the PC version.)
So, my question stands: what, in your view, makes a good gamer?
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What makes a good gamer? A recent comment by developers Free Radical Design (Timesplitters) in the gaming press about older gamers having better reflexes than younger ones made me pause for thought: "Do they"? I wondered. What makes a good gamer?
Do you need intelligence to play RPG's or just a sense of adventure?
Do you need lightning reflexes to play an FPS or just an itchy trigger finger?
Do you need good peripheral vision and foresight to succeed where others have failed in a platformer?
Above all, I think experience counts. I've been playing games for 20 odd years and can whip my 8 yr old nephew at any game. But then he IS only 8. Still, it's the winning that counts. Maybe that's what makes a good gamer, the determination to succeed, the will to win, the "We shall never be defeated!" attitude that got William Wallace drawn and quartered. (But then he never had the PC version.)
So, my question stands: what, in your view, makes a good gamer?
Do you need intelligence to play RPG's or just a sense of adventure?
Do you need lightning reflexes to play an FPS or just an itchy trigger finger?
Do you need good peripheral vision and foresight to succeed where others have failed in a platformer?
Above all, I think experience counts. I've been playing games for 20 odd years and can whip my 8 yr old nephew at any game. But then he IS only 8. Still, it's the winning that counts. Maybe that's what makes a good gamer, the determination to succeed, the will to win, the "We shall never be defeated!" attitude that got William Wallace drawn and quartered. (But then he never had the PC version.)
So, my question stands: what, in your view, makes a good gamer?
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